Gardenia Flowers Question

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mr.bigglesworth

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Are the flowers only supposed to last 24-48 hours? My gardenia is VERY fragrant and has about 20 flower buds but once they open it comes out white and the next morning its falling off the stem DEEP orange. I know your not supposed to touch the flowers I don't, but its possible my cat has been rubbing up against it. And it has a bunch of fruit flies hovering around it. Infestation. At first the flowers were lasting ~1week but it just stopped. Now 2 days if I'm lucky.

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No offense and I understand it's the lounge but noone knows this stuff. There's like 10 threads about plants and hardly anyone knows anything. Like chris has said join a gardening forum for questions like this.

Believe me you will get a lot more answers.
 
mr.bigglesworth said:
Are the flowers only supposed to last 24-48 hours? My gardenia is VERY fragrant and has about 20 flower buds but once they open it comes out white and the next morning its falling off the stem DEEP orange. I know your not supposed to touch the flowers I don't, but its possible my cat has been rubbing up against it. And it has a bunch of fruit flies hovering around it. Infestation. At first the flowers were lasting ~1week but it just stopped. Now 2 days if I'm lucky.

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It's likely the flies, my gardenia's flowers (red not white) would last ~ 2 weeks. Clean up all the dead flowers and any other dying/rotting organic material from around the area and the flies should leave. See if that helps. Also gardenia's go into shock and become ill very easily. Just fyi

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Flowers will last longer with cooler temperatures and higher humidity. Ever go to a florist? They keep their cut flowers in refridgerators.
 
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